Combatintman Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Just thinking - I know CMSF is more geared to warfighting but wouldn't it be great if we could call on Predator in the fire support menu .... just a thought. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meade95 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Yes Predators would be a great addition to CMSF - CCMT incorporates them very well in their game - 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theFightingSeabee Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 I agree. Just an additional icon and some hellfires. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkobmadrid Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 or - online intelligence. that what UAV's do very effectively. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bchoops Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Thats a really cool, idea, it could even be the first controlable on board air vehicle. You call it in and it appears on the map with and without hellfires. You then control where it goes what it targets etc. then after so many round fuel low or whatever it automatically heads off map. it shows the location of enemy personel and vehicles and can be shot at by units from the ground. That would be awsome 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Combatintman Posted January 4, 2009 Author Share Posted January 4, 2009 I would like to see some limitations on the sensor capabilities - no fun if you know exactly where the enemy is in a game after all but I was thinking of it in a fairly basic way - change the AH-64 icon for a Pred, delete cannon and rockets and Robert is your mother's brother as they say. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flamingknives Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Except that Predator usually operates in excess of 15,000 ft. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SlowMotion Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Then we'd also need AA weapons. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinkin Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 I am very interested in robotic warfare so a predator addition would be just that - interesting. Anyone know where to read actual AARs for the use of any type of robot in battle (UVAs or smaller devices)? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Combatintman Posted January 5, 2009 Author Share Posted January 5, 2009 Flamingknives - what I'm angling at is the platform - at the end of the day the operating height is immaterial given the lack of ground to air effects. I just think it would be nice for scenario designers in a non-warfighting battle (strike on a Bravo location for instance) to have a Pred above - pretty superficial and cosmetic but I think it would add a lot. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Combatintman Posted January 6, 2009 Author Share Posted January 6, 2009 Except that Predator usually operates in excess of 15,000 ft. Sorry - forgot to mention that a lot of the fixed wing platforms operate at the same FL. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thelmia Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 Good idea. CMSF should be a modern war sim, and Predators are part of it. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lampshade111 Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 Why not? Perhaps give it one mode just to circle for awhile and provide information on enemy positions and another mode to fire it's Hellfires at important targets. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Combatintman Posted January 6, 2009 Author Share Posted January 6, 2009 Yep that's pretty much what I would be looking for in non-warfighting scenarios. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sergei Posted January 6, 2009 Share Posted January 6, 2009 First we need to get melee in the game. No fun having predators if they can't use their spears. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmfan Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 I want shoulder mounted plasma cannons for my soldiers then. Oh, and invisibility cloaks. Yeah. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiny_tanker Posted January 7, 2009 Share Posted January 7, 2009 The only thing is predators aren't designed for CAS missions, not that it can't take two aimed shots, its going to be up there for about 15 hours providing overwatch or intel to the ground troops. From the commanders perspective you'd just about eliminate the fog of war aspect if you had one on station. I'm not sure how you'd add that to the game. The Reaper would actually be a more appropriate addition since it is a CAS platform by nature. You'd get more bang for your buck to, 16 hellfires (eventually) and 2 gbu's. Another option is the MQ-1C (see the army's Warrior for reference), adds another pair of hellfires and has better sensors and should be replacing the B models some day. Of course I'm not sure big airforce has actually sat down and thought about how these will be used in a real war, still a little bit of that "ooo look at the cool remote control plane" mentality out there..... and I think I've rambled enough now. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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